Dabeli Recipe

Dabeli recipe with step by step photos. It is street food that originated in the Kutch region of Gujarat. Dabeli is also called as kutchi dabeli or kachchhi dabeli or kacchi dabeli. Its a very popular street snack and can be easily found in Mumbai as well as Gujarat.

Basically dabeli is a spicy, tangy and sweet potato filling inside a bun – more specifically the Indian bun – called as pav, drizzled with a spicy and sweet chutney and some pomegranate, grapes, onions and sev (fried gram flour vermicelli). Even though there were many dabeli stalls near my home in Mumbai, I never ever brought dabeli from these stalls.

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Its something I would indulge once in a blue moon. I was not much fond of it. I would always prefer two of mine fav Mumbai street foods with bread- Pav bhaji and Vada pav over dabeli.

This dabeli recipe is a breeze if you have everything ready. or else spend some time in making the dabeli masala and the chutneys.

Everything for the dabeli pav, I made at home Except for the fine sev and tamarind dates chutney. So it took me some time. I used ready made tamarind dates chutney.

I made the whole wheat bread at home and had made the dough a day earlier. So it was just baking the bread whilst I was preparing the other stuff for dabeli. i have not mentioned the bread recipe in this post. You could use ready made burger buns or check this Pav recipe.

This dabeli pav recipe is adapted from tarla dalal’s dabeli recipe. Its a very good recipe and all you dabeli lovers must try this one. You are going to love it.

How to make dabeli

I have categorized each part so that it is easy to follow and understand.

Making the dabeli masala

1: Dry roast the red chili, cumin, cloves, cinnamon and coriander seeds. You cannot see the coriander seeds as I have used my homemade roasted coriander powder while grinding the masala.

2: add all the ingredients in a dry grinder.

3: Grind to a fine powder. You will have some powder left even after adding it to dabeli. You can use it in some veggies or rice recipes.

Making chutney

1: Soak the red chilies in warm water for 30-40 mins. In a wet grinder add the soaked red chilies, garlic, lemon juice.

2: Grind to a smooth paste. Add water if required while grinding. Keep this red garlic chutney aside.

Making potato filling for dabeli

1: Boil the potatoes in a pressure cooker or microwave oven. Peel and mash them and keep aside. Don’t have a pic of this one. In a pan or kadai, heat oil. Add cumin. Then add chopped onion. Fry the onions till they become soft.

2: Add asafoetida (hing) and fry for a minute on a low flame.

3: Add the tamarind dates chutney to the onions and mix well.

4: Add the mashed potatoes and again mix well.

5: Add the dabeli masala powder to the mashed potatoes.

6: Mix well and add salt.

7: Cook for 2-3 minutes stirring the mixture. If the mixture looks a little dry then add 1 or 2 tbsp of water. I did not have to add any water to the potato mixture.

8: When done, spread the potato filling on a plate….. Not sure why it is looking so orangish… I guess me playing with the camera settings has resulted in such a weird photo…..

9: Sprinkle some grated coconut on the potato filling.

10: Add some chopped coriander.

11: Now add pomegranate seeds or grapes or both. I did not have grapes at home.

Frying the slices of bread

1: While all of the above was happening my wheat flour buns were ready and hot from the oven.

2: Slice the bun or pav into two. On a tava or griddle, melt some butter and lightly roast the buns or pav in butter. Keep aside.

Making dabeli

1: Assemble all the ingredients required for making dabeli in one place. The pic below says it all.

2: Apply the sweet chutney on one slice of the bun and the red garlic chutney on the other side.

3: Take a slice of the prepared potato filling and put it on top of one of the slices of bread. This one has a little extra of the coriander leaves.

4: Add some chopped onion and coriander.

5: Top it up with some roasted peanuts and pomegranate seeds. Sprinkle some dabeli masala also.

6: The last topping is of sev. You can also roll the stuffed buns in the sev.

7: Cover with the other slice of bread. in the same way make all the dabeli pav and serve these beautiful, yummy and gorgeous street food snack to your loved ones.

Nutrition Info (approximate values)

Nutrition Facts

Dabeli recipe

Amount Per Serving (2 g)

Calories 0

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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I am a south indian. Dabeli is new dish for me. I tasted it for the first time 2 months back on a street side stall. Immediately I fell in love it it. I tried your recipe last weekend it came out perfect. I and my husband enjoyed every bite of it. Thanks for the perfect recipe

dassana amit

Jan 28, 2015

welcome padmini. glad to know that both of you liked the dabeli recipe.

Sharvari Patil

Jan 18, 2015

Wow…..its amazing….me n my hubby loved it ….

Sharvari

Jan 18, 2015

Wowww ……so good …..me n my hubby both like it ……its so easy in our busy schedule…… I really thank u for this website…. I just hope n I really wish all good n best wishes for this website….. I just loved this website….. Now anyone can become a smart chef ……

Made this today as a surprise for my husband- its his absolute favourite dish! He was thrilled to bits and it truly made both of us very very happy. Thank you for demystifying this recipe and for everything you do on this website. You keep my little family healthy, happy and connected to home. 🙂

dassana amit

Dec 13, 2014

welcome supriya. big thanks for this sweet feedback. glad to know that you are liking the blog so much.

anusha

Nov 20, 2014

thanx for the recipe.. its so easy.. my hubby loves this dabeli;) i am surely going to surprise him;)

dassana amit

Nov 20, 2014

welcome.

Suneet Yadav

Jul 28, 2014

Thanks for this awesome and simple making of this recipe….my wife made dabeli for the first time following your instructions and mazza aa gaya…..again thanks a ton…!!!

dassana amit

Jul 28, 2014

welcome suneet

Sujata Sachin

May 31, 2014

Hi dear,

Done!!!

Amazing taste…

Loved my fly members…

Thank U…

Regards, 🙂

dassana amit

May 31, 2014

welcome sujata

Purvika

May 18, 2014

Hello, I am trying to make dabeli for the first time i hope all goes good and i cpuld impress my inlaws but this helped a lot in driving my fear away thank you…

dassana amit

May 18, 2014

welcome purvika. don’t worry… just cook the food with a loving state or with lots of love…. even if something minor goes wrong in making dabeli then the love you will be adding to food will compensate the minor error. all the best. happy cooking.

Meena Shah

May 14, 2014

Hi! I have tried many of your recipes recently and am thrilled! Though I have been cooking many of the same myself, I find your recipes perfect and my food is more delicious. Thank you for sharing!!

Thankyou for this recipe I have made this several times and turns out perfect everytime just delicious!

dassana amit

Apr 18, 2014

welcome veena and thanks for the positive feedback.

dassana amit

Apr 20, 2014

welcome veena.

Jahnvi

Mar 26, 2014

Hi,

I had written a comment last week asking for the model no of the black and deckar grinder. I thought you may have missed that hence writing again.

My blender is broken and I urgently need to buy one, please help

dassana amit

Mar 31, 2014

i don’t remember which model. but it had a juicer, coffee grinder and a blender. if you just to plan to do fruits and veggies blending., that black and decker is good. but if you plan to do idli or dosa or lentils grinding or making coconut chutneys or masala, then i would suggest to go for a good wet grinder. currently i am using panasonic for heavy grinding and blending and so far no issues.

Jahnvi M

Mar 21, 2014

Hi Dassana,

Very good receipe, will try it out this weekend.

I wanted to know which model of Black and decker are you using? I was using a GE blender and due to excessive grinding both the blades broke.. .:-(…

dassana amit

Apr 16, 2014

i don’t remember the model no, but this one had a juicer attachment, dry grinder and blender.

manisha

Mar 18, 2014

very good. beacause receipe is with dabeli masala.I don’t like to buy ready masala .

dassana amit

Mar 18, 2014

thanks manisha

Meena Desai

Dec 06, 2013

Dear Dassana, I tried out the rajma recipe; it is the first time I really enjoyed the dish! Also your palak paneer recipe was excellent ; I was never happy earlier with the way my Palak paneer used to turn out. Thanks a lot! You have a big fan of your blogs in me! Meena

dassana

Dec 07, 2013

welcome meena and thanks for this sweet comment.

Neelima

Sep 17, 2013

Dear Dassana,

Your Dabeli receipe is tasty to eat and beautiful to look at. I asked for whole wheat buns but i am not able to see my question. Can you please post whole wheat buns and whole wheat bread receipe please?

dassana

Sep 17, 2013

hi neelima. you asked for whole wheat buns in the pav recipe post. i will post in some time.

veer singh

Sep 06, 2013

I havn’t tried this yet but full recipe explained in a nice and proper way . thank you. Veer singh, Adelaide , australia

dassana

Sep 06, 2013

thanks veer singh.

Mili

Sep 02, 2013

I loved the recipe, have tried it a few times and it comes great every time. I substituted for store bought dabeli masala as u get that in Indian stores here. I have a separate question. What’s the grinder you use ? 🙂 I have a magic bullet but its on its last legs so I am looking for the next one. Yours is looking very good, any feedback about it would be great.

Thanks.

dassana

Sep 02, 2013

hi mili, this is a dry and coffee grinder from black and decker brand. it too good. there are three functions and jars – blending, dry grinding and juicing. my broke down since i have heavily used it for making nut based milks and for grinding idli-dosa batter. which is what it was not meant for. i also used to use magic bullet, but mine also is gone now. i just purchased a panasonic mixer-grinder and its too good.

Vi

Aug 18, 2013

Yum! What kind of dry red chillies have you used here?

dassana

Aug 19, 2013

thats kashmiri red chili.

Veena

Jul 21, 2013

Hi Dassana, This recipe is by far the best home made versions of Dabeli I have ever tried. I have made these several times and also served to few of my friends. We like it a bit hot so I spice it up a bit other than that I don’t change anything in this recipe. Thankyou for sharing this. Veena

i really love this blog. nice pictures looks yummy. i am gonna make it on sunday for a large party.

thanks, manisha

ahir gagubhai

Sep 29, 2012

Hello dassana i am from kutchh-gujrat. Yor recipe is different styl

dassana

Sep 29, 2012

dear ahir. this recipe, i have adapted from tarla dalal. if you don’t mind you can share the original kutchi dabeli recipe.

Suruchi

Jul 23, 2012

Hello Dassana!

I love your site and am a regular here. Just tried this recipe last evening and it turned out yummy.. same as we eat back in Mumbai. Only problem was that we do not get the regular pav that we get in Mumbai.. the ones here are kind of sweetish and quite heavy. Next time, am planning to use normal bread instead. Hope it will taste as good.

Thanks so much for the recipe!!!! Looking forward for many more 😉

dassana

Jul 24, 2012

thanks suruchi.

the dabeli tastes best with the regular pav. it does not go that well with the sweet ones.

if you bake, then you can try making these pav buns at home. they are a better alternative to the store brought ones. i usually make these extra and keep in the fridge. when we want, we just warm the pav on the tava with some oil or butter.

here is the link: https://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/pav-recipe-indian-pav/

familycook

Jun 28, 2012

I am a complete stranger to street food. i mean we never even got to peek into street stalls because that was not Hygenic at all so, why look? Lol! I know I have missed a lot. I am enjoying learning about it through your blog. The dabeli looks gorgeous!

dassana

Jun 29, 2012

whenever you visit to india, do try the street food in mumbai and delhi if you can. you are going to love these 🙂

Susmitha - Veganosaurus

Jun 26, 2012

That is one delicious looking snack, dassana. The red colour of the pomegranates adds so much beauty to the whole dish! Here we get vada pav and pav bhaji but I’ve never tasted dabeli before. It’s making my mouth water! 🙂

Thanks for sharing the recipe in such detail with step by step photographs!

dassana

Jun 27, 2012

thanks susmitha. if you can then do make the dabeli at home. it is truly very delicious.

payal

Jun 03, 2012

hi, i am gujarati and i want to suggest u one thing for the roasted peanuts u used. if u use masala peanuts it will taste really good. i am giving u the receipe for making masal peanut. first roast the peanuts then remove the skin and then take oil in pan approx 1tbs, then add hing, little turmeric powder, redchilly powder, blackpepper powder, and black salt. i hope if u will add this peanuts to dabeli it tastes yummy.

dassana

Jun 03, 2012

thanks payal for your suggestion. i know the dabeli will taste too good with the masala peanuts. i have had dabeli with masala peanuts and it is yummy…

also thanks for giving the recipe for making masala peanuts. this will surely become another post of mine when it starts raining.

oh yes.. esp all the topping pictures.. so intricate and detailed.. makes me want to reach out and steal some:)

deepti

Feb 28, 2012

Can you post the recipe for the wheat flour buns please? Its good to have the one’s made at home 🙂 Thanks for all your recipes, love them.

dassana

Feb 28, 2012

sure deepti. these are 5 minute breads adapted from a book.

Anamika @ madcookingfusions

Feb 26, 2012

I loved this post so much when it hit my mailbox and then felt will comment on this nicely in free time …the clicks, the recipe,the toppings alllll are wow!! I have eaten dabeli so much during our posting in gujarat, tried once at home but could not match that taste…will now prepare with your recipe surely……feel like having it straight from your clicks 🙂

dassana

Feb 26, 2012

thanks anamika. do try this recipe. its a simple one but very tasty. and do let me know.

the pictures are just perfect dabeli heaven:) everytime i make some i usually cut out some or the other ingredient and everyone always gets hungry before i can click any pictures:) i love all the toppings and i love the dabeli masala recipe!

dassana

Feb 26, 2012

thanks richa…. glad you liked the pics. this dabeli masala is the simplest masala, i have come across and so easy to make.

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